Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah, a former Interim National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged security agencies to deplore all the required resources to put an end to kidnapping of innocent children for ransom. Tumsah, in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, expressed shock and sadness over the Friday abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Jangebe, Zamfara. The APC chieftain said it was disturbing that the incident happened at a time that the Zamfara Government was pursuing peace deal with repentant bandits. He said the recurring incidence of school abductions and killings by bandits call…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Kaduna State Government said on Sunday that bandits killed seven persons in different parts of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “On a sad note, security agencies reported that bandits attacked some people in Kajinjiri village, Igabi local government area, and killed two residents”. He said one person sustained gunshot injuries and was receiving treatment at a nearby health facility. “Similarly, in Rago village, also in Igabi local government area, bandits killed two locals,” he said. He explained that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja urged Bawa to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor. Ologbondiyan advised him to resist all partisan pressures to use the agency as a tool for political persecution, harassment of dissenting voices, settling of personal scores as well as for personal enrichment. He said that such tendencies eroded professionalism in the EFCC, compromised…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday announced the postponement of the sale of forms for Anambra governorship primary election from the earlier scheduled date of Monday, March 1, to Wednesday, March 10. The party in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Retired Col. Austin Akobundu, in Abuja also announced the extension of the tenure of its zonal caretaker Committees for South-West, North-Central and North-West by 30 days. Akobundu also gave March 1, as the last day for submission of already purchased and completed forms for its zonal congresses in all the zones. “Consequently, screening of aspirants for North-East,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of nine persons in a motor accident at Kunar Dumawa in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State on Sunday. FRSC Sector Commander, Zubairu Mato, while confirming the accident in a statement issued on Sunday, said that 41 others were injured in the Sunday evening accident. “We received a call at about 4:10p.m. on Sunday. “On receiving the information, we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of the incident for the rescue of the victims at about 4:17p.m. as well as clearing the obstructions,” Mato said. He…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. The board made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Sunday. It said that public universities would conclude admissions a month before private universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. According to the JAMB, heads of institutions and itself reached the agreement at a virtual meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 24) during which issues concerning admissions process were discussed. “All admissions in the nation’s tertiary institutions…
Gareth Bale marked his return to an English Premier League (EPL) starting line-up with a brace in Tottenham’s 4-0 thumping of Burnley on Sunday. Bale had only been named from kick-off twice in the top-flight since re-joining Spurs from Real Madrid last September. But a goal in each leg of the Europa League win over Wolfsberger AC earlier in the week persuaded Jose Mourinho to give the Wales international a chance. Tottenham’s recent run of five defeats in their past six Premier League matches became a fast fading memory as Bale scored after 68 seconds and set up Harry Kane…
The management of the Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, KSUSTA Aliero, has announced the indefinite closure of the institution over the death of 22 -year-old final year Biochemistry student. Alhaji Musa Labbo, the Registrar of the university, announced the closure in a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. “This is to inform all students of the university that the management has directed the closure of the school indefinitely. “Therefore, all students are hereby directed to leave the university with immediate effect”, the statement said. Also, Malam Hussaini Zuru, the Public Relations Officer of the…
Zamfara police command, has denied media reports that the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School Jangebe, have been released. The deniel is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu on Sunday. Reports, quiting government sources, early on Sunday indicated that the students had been released. Reacting to the reports however, SP Shehu said: “The attention of Zamfara Zamfara State Police Command has been drawn to the news currently trending on some online media platforms that the abducted students of Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area, have been…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that last Friday’s abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe, will be the last to happen. The president’s assurance was relayed on Sunday, through Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, who led a high-powered federal government delegation to sympathise with the people and government of Zamfara. He said new measures had been developed by the federal government which would bring complete end to all forms of criminality in the nation. “The President is saddened by the abduction of the students from Jangebe and reassures you that the government has all…